picklock

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What is a picklock compared to a debenture share?

From Time Magazine Archive

The cockiest picklock in the U. S. last week signed a Europe-bound steamship's register: Charles Courtney, New York.

From Time Magazine Archive

Der Spiegel's disclosure that an expert picklock from Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's federal intelligence service had helped in the break-in enhanced the impression of a "Watergate am Rhine."

From Time Magazine Archive

As he spoke he drew a picklock from his pocket—his father was an ironmonger—deliberately opened the schoolroom door, slipped out, and locked it behind him.

From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George

A picklock lay on the floor betraying how she had gained entrance in the night, and that was the only trace of her.

From The Queen of Hearts by Collins, Wilkie